. Birds. Birds. 116 MEEOPID^, p. 63; id. in Hume's N. ^ E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 58; Dresser, Men. Mer. p. 7, pi. 3; Barnes, 96; Davidson, N. R. Sac. vi, p. 888; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xvii, p. 88. Bucia nepalensis, Hodgson, J, A. S. B. \, p. 361 (1836). Merops cyanogularis, Jerdon, Mad. Jour. L. 8. xi, p. 229 (1840). Alcemerops athertonii, Blyth, Cat. p. 62. The Blue-neeked Bee-eater, Jerdon; Bvkay Chera, Nepal; Sang-rhyoh, Lepcha; Pyortoo-huet, Kg. 32.â^Eead of N. athertoni. Oolwation. Forehead, sometimes to vertex, pale verditer-blue; â whole upper parts, with sides of
. Birds. Birds. 116 MEEOPID^, p. 63; id. in Hume's N. ^ E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 58; Dresser, Men. Mer. p. 7, pi. 3; Barnes, 96; Davidson, N. R. Sac. vi, p. 888; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xvii, p. 88. Bucia nepalensis, Hodgson, J, A. S. B. \, p. 361 (1836). Merops cyanogularis, Jerdon, Mad. Jour. L. 8. xi, p. 229 (1840). Alcemerops athertonii, Blyth, Cat. p. 62. The Blue-neeked Bee-eater, Jerdon; Bvkay Chera, Nepal; Sang-rhyoh, Lepcha; Pyortoo-huet, Kg. 32.â^Eead of N. athertoni. Oolwation. Forehead, sometimes to vertex, pale verditer-blue; â whole upper parts, with sides of neck and breast and upper «uiface of wings and tail, grass-green; chin, middle of throat â¢and of upper breast, forming a broad line, light blue, the long breast-feathers deep verditer except at the margins ; lower siuf ace from breast, including the wing-lining, ochreous buif, streaked with broad green shaft-stripes from breast to vent; tail-feathers dull ochreous yellow beneath, their outer margins and tips blacHsh. Bill homy, light at the base below; iris brown; legs fleshy brown, tinged with green (Oaies). Length 14; tail 5-25 ; wing 5"8 ; tarsus '7 ; biU from gape 2-3. The female somewhat less. DistrUmtion. Resident throughout the Lowfer Himalayas as far west as Dehra Dun, from the plains to about 4000 feet, also from Assam to Tenasserim, Siam, and Cambodia, throughout the Burmese â¢countries, in the larger forests. This Bee-eater is replaced in Southern Tenasserim by the next species, but it is found in the Malabar^forests from the neighbourhood of Belgaimi to Travancore. The only other reported occurrence in the- Peninsula of India is at Sambalpur, whence there are two skins in the Hume Collection. Not known in Ceylon. Habits, ^e. A forest-bird, usually seen solitary or in pairs, perching on high trees, and capturing insects on the wing. The â eggs were obtained by Major Bingham in Tenasserim from a hole 7 feet deep in the bank of a stream on April 23rd;
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